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Historical Items

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Item 41197

Men and women in bathing suits, Old Orchard Beach, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1920 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Glass Negative

Item 82136

Yong Men Republican Club, Biddeford, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Republican Club through Biddeford Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 1480

Young men's Whig national convention of ratification badge, 1844

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1844-05-02 Media: Ribbon

Tax Records

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Item 52897

152-158 Free Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Young Men's Christian Assoc. Use: Stores - Offices - Apartments

Item 54064

68-70 Forest Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Albert S. Rines Use: Dwelling - Two family

Item 54065

70 Forest Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Albert S. Rines Use: Dwelling - Three Family

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 110196

Bath Y.M.C.A. and Sagadahoc Real Estate Association Building, Bath, 1909-1918

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1909–1918 Location: Bath Clients: Young Mens Christian Association; Sagadahoc Real Estate Associat Architect: John Calvin Stevens John Howard Stevens Architects

Item 109125

Bangor Y.M.C.A. building, Bangor, 1950-1956

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1950–1956 Location: Bangor Client: Y.M.C.A. Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Item 109303

Greenville YMCA, Greenville, ca. 1971

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1971 Location: Greenville Client: YMCA Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Putting Men to Work, Saving Trees

While many Mainers were averse to accepting federal relief money during the Great Depression of the 1930s, young men eagerly joined the Civilian Conservation Corps, one of President Franklin Roosevelt's most popular programs. The Maine Forest Service supervised the work of many of the camps.

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John Y. Merrill: Leeds Farmer, Entrepreneur, & More

John Y. Merrill of Leeds (1823-1898) made terse entries in diaries he kept for 11 years. His few words still provide a glimpse into the life of a mid 18th century farmer, who also made shoes, quarried stone, moved barns, made healing salves -- and was active in civic affairs.

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War Through the Eyes of a Young Sailor

Eager to deal with the "Sesech" [Secessionists], young deepwater sailor John Monroe Dillingham of Freeport enlisted in the U.S. Navy as soon as he returned from a long voyage in 1862. His letters and those of his family offer first-hand insight into how one individual viewed the war.

Site Pages

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Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilders, Sailors and Whaling Men

"… five sons, three of whom were lost at sea as young men. One, Captain John Drew, adopted the pen name “Kennebecker” and for 17 years wrote a popular…"

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Early Maine Photography - War

"… War veterans are contrasted with those of several young men who served in the Civil War. Simon Dearborn of Monmouth joined the staff of his…"

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Early Maine Photography - Occupational

"In an ambrotype, a young man wears an elaborately decorated Masonic vestment and apron (pictured at right)."

My Maine Stories

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Story

John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne

Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.

Story

Portland in the 1940s
by Carol Norton Hall

As a young woman in Portland during WWII, the presence of servicemen was life changing.

Story

Epidemic of violence against Indigenous people
by Michael-Corey F. Hinton

Systemic racism, murder, and the danger of stereotypes